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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Maharashtra’s Barad village stands together against loudspeaker controversy
Resolving to maintain peace in the village, citizens remained united in not using loudspeakers at any religious structure
Belur Temple to continue reciting Koranic verses, have stalls by non-Hindus
Decision to uphold interfaith harmony sets refreshing precedent amidst an atmosphere of growing intolerance and hate
Aurangabad: Ram Navami procession shows respect to mosque
While passing by the mosque, DJ turned off the music; Aurangabad’s Hindus take a stand for secularism
Maharashtra: Hindu man offers terrace to Muslims for namaz in Amravati
Rejecting all communal hate spread by the right-wing elements, a Hindu man from Melghat region offers his home to a Tablighi Jamaat group without hesitation
Baby bowls over India, Pakistan cricket teams
Indian cricket team wins match, but gets floored by Pakistan captain’s baby
Paigam-e-Mohabbat: UP citizens call for harmony
To answer the growing threat of communalism, Varanasi’s civil society groups come together to spread the message of love and societal unity
Understanding Syncretic Islam of Kerala from a historical perspective
The famed religious collaboration is increasingly under peril both from Hindu and Muslim communal forces
Gandhi’s death anniversary: Indian Christians to fast and pray for unity
The Martyr’s Day observance by the Christians of India will be without speeches, slogans on political signage
Promoting Amity in the Times of Hate
An appeal for Harmony amidst increasing instances of vested interests attempting to spread communal discord
Reassert secularism on Martyrs’ Day: Activists
Call for nationwide show of communal unity amidst growing environment of communal hate
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